Re Maj. Cook: Cowardice is the least of it

[Adelante]

I enjoyed KO's Worst Persons of the Year last night, but I think it would have been good if the sequence of events were made clearer. This was a planned maneuver since February, months before Cook ever volunteered to go to Afghanistan as a reservist and, in my opinion, cowardice isn't the main point.

On February 4, 2009 Patrick McKinnion at Yes To Democracy posted a fun and detailed listing of the latest Birther antics as of that date.

Keep in mind this date: February 1, 2009.

US Army Major signs on as plaintiff for Dr. Orly Taitz… RE: Obama’s Eligibility to Hold Office

— On Sun, 2/1/09, Stefan Cook wrote:

From: Stefan Cook
Subject: ATTORNEY HAFFEY REFERRED
To: [e-mail]
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 6:40 AM

Dear Attorney Orly,

My name is Major Stefan F. Cook. I am an officer in the Army Reserve of the United States of America and understand that you are heading up a class action suite to request that Barack Obama show he meets the Constitutional qualifications to be our Commander In Chief. As an officer in the U.S. Army, I have the right to know that I am following the lawful orders from a Constitutionally qualified Commander In Chief.

I would like to sign on as a participating plaintiff in this class action.

Please advise.

V/R

STEFAN F. COOK
MAJ, EN, US ARMY

Major Cook went on to send Dr. Taitz a signed, notarized consent form authorizing her to name him as a plaintiff in this suit.

Major Cook went on in May to volunteer to be deployed to Afghanistan. The Army welcomed Major Cook on June 9, 2009, to deploy to Afghanistan, at his request.

Ledger-Enquirer:

On May 8, Cook submitted a formal written request to Human Resources Command-St. Louis volunteering to serve one year in Afghanistan with Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Central Command, beginning July 15, Quon said.

The soldier’s orders were issued on June 9.

“A reserve soldier who volunteers for an active duty tour may ask for a revocation of orders up until the day he is scheduled to report for active duty,” Quon said.

She added that there is an administrative process to request revocation of orders. As of Tuesday afternoon, Cook had not asked for his orders to be revoked, Quon said. By 5 p.m. EDT, the orders had been pulled.

Quon said she could not discuss why the Army revoked the soldier’s orders.

“Because of the Privacy Act, I couldn’t go into it,” Quon said.

A hearing to discuss Cook’s requests is scheduled to take place Thursday in Columbus federal court at 9:30 a.m.

To recap:

February 1, 2009 - Cook volunteers to join Birther case with Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq.

May 8, 2009 - Cook volunteers to serve for one year in Afghanistan, beginning July 15, 2009.

July 8, 2009 - A Temporary Restraining Order request is filed by Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq., on behalf of Major Charles Frederick Cook, at U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, where Cook is due to report on July 15, 2009 for voluntary deployment to Afghanistan.


The hearing is tomorrow morning, July 16, 2009. How Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq. is going to succeed in finding protection for Major Cook from a deployment he asked for, and which no longer exists, thanks to the US Army, will be tomorrow’s act in the ongoing comedy.

GO ARMY!!

You might think Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq. would regret fucking with the United States Army, but no.

What does it mean? It’s proof that we have a totally illegitimate commander in chief and they will cave in each and every situation. It means that from now on any member of the military, who doesn’t like any order , needs to call Dr. Taitz, ESQ and state that he doesn’t want to follow the order, a legal action will be initiated based on Obama’s illegitimacy in office and the military will cave in. It means that for the sake of covering up for Obama and fraud perpetrated, top brass of the US military is willing to undermine integrity of the military.

Just a reminder, Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq.:

18 USC § 2387. Activities affecting armed forces generally

(a) Whoever, with intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States:
(1) advises, counsels, urges, or in any manner causes or attempts to cause insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States; or (2) distributes or attempts to distribute any written or printed matter which advises, counsels, or urges insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty by any member of the military or naval forces of the United States—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

The Army gave every opportunity for Major Cook to release himself from the onerous task he chose for himself of joining his military brethren in fighting for his country, and then on the last day possible, July 14, 2009, did it for him. Nothing much is likely to happen to Major Cook, as I understand it, because he volunteered as opposed to being called up as a reservist; except as a reservist he’s toast. But Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq. may have her ass in a sling. Let’s hope so. But to belabor a point, Major Cook voluntarily joined a lawsuit in February and then, in May, deliberately and falsely volunteered for duty in time of war, for the sole purpose of filing a lawsuit against his CinC.

To me, that's the larger point.


Edit: Fixed typos



UPDATE:

US Attorney Moves to DISMISS

07/15/2009 MOTION to Dismiss Plaintiff's Application for a Temporary Restraining Order by Wanda L Good, Thomas D MacDonald, Robert M. Gates, Barack Hussein Obama filed by Hugh Randolph Aderhold, Jr. (Attachments: # 1 Memorandum in Support, # 2 Exhibit A: Revocation Orders)(Aderhold, Hugh) (Entered: 07/15/2009)

Note:

The Commanding General of SOCCENT has determined that he does not want the services of Maj. Cook, and has revoked his deployment orders.

[Raine1967]

1. Wow. Cheesy at least...

But to me it makes a mockery of all the men and women who really want to serve our country.

What a wretch of a man.

[SunsetDreams]

2. awesome catch!

Thank you for posting, now this all makes him look even more stupid.

[Adelante]

9. DUer PatGund is the awesome catcher at Yes to Democracy

I'm just moving the ball along :hi:

[PatGund]

10. *chuckle* Thanks!

Christina's the driving force behind YtD though. She just let me play in her sandbox until I started one of my own :-)

[Adelante]

12. I know!

I have to get used to going to your new one. :)

I was just reading your blog entry on this.

http://badfiction.typepad.com/badfiction/2009/07/smell-of-rat-laced-with-skunk.html

You did it betta than me :cry:

[MNDemNY]

3. The Army should arrest him.

[Cha]

4. Oh Frick..I didn't know cook volunteered

to go..to set this up. In one way it's good that Keith already got the coward thing out there because that is the law of unintended consequences biting his stupid ass.

Keith Olberman [e-mail]

[DevonRex]

6. Yep. He set it up on purpose. What a loser nutcase. nt

[Cognitive_Resonance]

5. Nutball trouble-makers. Let's hope the legal system backfires in their faces. nt

[Turbineguy]

7. Good post!

Thanks!

:yourock:

[dgibby]

8. Great post! Thanks!

I forwarded this to Keith. Hopefully, he's going to keep on this for awhile longer. In the past, he's used stuff sent from DU, so wouldn't be suprised to see some mention of it on his program in the next couple of days. Stay tuned!:patriot:

[TexasObserver]

11. Recommend

[LiberalAndProud]

13. So he volunteered to serve in order to refuse to serve?

Is that the gist of this?

[Adelante]

14. Yes, but not entirely - he volunteered so he could get inside a courtroom

And challenge Obama's eligibility. The staged refusal is a tactic along the way. The whole point of any of it is to bring down Obama.

[havocmom]

44. sorta like people becoming pharmacists so they can sue to not do parts of pharmacists' jobs

like dispensing lawful prescriptions they don't personally approve of on moral grounds.

Naught but a bunch of anarchists wrapping themselves in flags of staged moral outrage.

[AspenRose]

15. And he's a freeper. Quelle surprise.

[Adelante]

16. Her next step: Application for Preliminary Injunction

Filed by Orly today:

http://www.scribd.com/full/17381032?access_key=key-1sxj13ffjoepsth8gexd

[rasputin1952]

17. Cook just signed away what military career he had and hoped to have...

I cannot think of any unit that would "welcome" this O-4 into their ranks. I can't think of too many things worse than having senior officers, such as generals be they Brigadiers of Full Generals just waiting for Cook to foul up in even the most minuscule way.

No troops would follow him, he would be seen as a serious liability and whatever unit he would be assigned to would have a serious morale problem.

I can't think of anything "nice" to say about this clown. In my mind, he is a traitor, a coward and a fool. I respect honest conscientious objectors, I respect dissent...but what this man did was a political stunt intent on harming the President of the United States. Did he volunteer to deploy under bush's regime? He had to be of age and in the military already...no one comes into the Army an O-4...medical professionals such as Dr's enter as O-3's (Captain). As a Vet...I despise people like this in the military. He has no sense of duty, honor or dignity. He will be a pariah, not just in the Army community, but his civilian community as well.

[Cha]

18. Here's an update I found in GD that's verifying your post..

"Major Stefen Cook (Freeper Birfer Suing Obama) LOSES His Defense Contractor Job"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6074776

[Adelante]

20. He worked at GITMO as a defense contractor employee

Maybe they can put him and his lawyer there. :)

[Life Long Dem]

19. His attorney

His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his impending deployment orders.

"We won! We won before we even arrived," she said with excitement. "They just said, 'Order revoked.' No explanation. No reasons – just revoked."

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104009

[Phx_Dem]

21. She's not too bright is she?

[MadMaddie]

25. Noooo....she is not

She is screwing around with the military machine....this guy could end up in military prison.

[rvablue]

22. She's a dentist who got her law degree from an unaccredited CORRESPONDANCE law school.

And had no lawful right to represent plaintiffs in court outside of California.

[Adelante]

23. Centcom: Yes, the President Is an American Citizen

Centcom: Yes, the President Is an American Citizen
By David Weigel 7/15/09 4:49 PM

Lt. Comm. William Speaks, a spokesman for Centcom, spoke with TWI today about Maj. Stefan F. Cook’s controversial request for conscientious objector status.

“Maj. Cook volunteered for the one year assignment to Afghanistan, in May of this year,” said Speaks. “After he brought this stuff to the fore, the unit that owned his billet canceled his orders.”

Speaks dismissed comments that Cook’s attorney Orly Taitz, made to WorldNetDaily, specifically her claim that “the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate.”

“This in no way validates any of the outlandish claims made by Maj. Cook or his attorney,” said Speaks. “The idea that this validates those charges about the president’s fitness for office is simply false.”

http://washingtonindependent.com/51247/centcom-yes-the-president-is-an-american-citizen

[TexasObserver]

24. The Major will be court martialed and sentenced to prison. The lawyer will be sanctioned.

That's where this is headed.

[rasputin1952]

27. He's a reservist, and by requesting deployment, he could ask

that orders be rescinded right up to the day before deployment...that's what he did. They way he did it was nefarious at best, treasonous at worst. He was attempting to undermine a sitting president acting as Commander in Chief.

As a reservist, his orders would not "take" until today, if he had not made the request. Once he made it into the Activew Army, things would have changed dramatically under the UCMJ. As it is, he'll probably resign his commision, (under serious pressure), and he may be liable under other statutes, US Code or Reserve Military Judicial proceedings.

In any case...no matter how one looks at this, he not only hung himself w/this, he bought the rope, tied the knot and built the scaffold as well.

He is now jobless, no future in the military, bills to pay, no unemployment for a while, no job prospects...hope he thinks this was worth it, because President Obama is legimate, still has a job, and has prospects...:D

[TexasObserver]

28. I had four years active duty and two years reserve. SSGT.

As a lawyer, I know that he had to make a false swearing to support his claim in court for injunction. He lied under oath, and did so to provide false testimony to a judge. I also know that his lawyer had to violate court standards to facilitate such a wrongful filing.

I don't know if the court will sanction the attorney, but it should. I don't know if the attorney's license will be suspended, but it should be. I don't know if the military will choose to prosecute the Major, but it may. His scam to get called to active duty to stage a request for injunction is only one part of his subterfuge. If the military wants to prosecute him, they'll find a basis for it. If the DOJ wants to prosecute him, they'll find a basis for it.

This guy has destroyed his life, and he doesn't even know it yet. His clearance is gone. His great civilian job is gone. As you say, they'll probably just boot his ass from the military quickly, and not prosecute him, but I hope the judge at least orders him to pay the government's out of pocket costs of defending his unnecessary action. One cannot legitimately claim they have a basis for injunction when there is no emergency because they only have to say "changed my mind, I don't want to go."

This guy thought he was going to be the next Joe the Plumber, but he's going to get a beatdown that Joe the Plumber never had.

[rasputin1952]

31. I agree...he has certainly destroyed his life...

and in ways he never thought of yet.

From everything I've read, this entire episode was planned to do nothing else than usurp a sitting president.

As I've said in other threads about this matter...I view this individual as a coward and a traitor, I don't think I'm alone on that....:D

[TexasObserver]

43. Yep ... and the federal judge did dismiss it as MOOT today:

"A federal judge this morning dismissed the suit filed here by a U.S. Army reservist who says he shouldn't have to go to Afghanistan because he believes Barack Obama was never eligible to be president.

"Judge Clay Land sided with the defense, which claimed in its response to Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook's suit, filed July 8 with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, that Cook’s suit is “moot” in that he already has been told he doesn’t have to go to Afghanistan, so the relief he is seeking has been granted.

"Federal court only has authority of actual cases and controversies," Land said. "The entire action is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction."

[rasputin1952]

46. We can now add, "no case" to...no job, no military career...

no security clearances, no dignity, and of course...no deployment...:D

[TexasObserver]

47. He'll be used by the rightwing noise machine a few news cycles, then get tossed.

In three months, he'll be sitting on that bar stool beside Joe the Almost Plumber, wondering what the hell happened to his life.

[bertman]

26. It's too bad Joseph Heller didn't live to see this Major Major Fuckup.

[Brother Buzz]

29. That's Major Major Major Major

He has the surname Major, and at birth his father gave him the first and middle names Major and Major, despite informing the mother that he had named the boy 'Caleb' in accordance with her wishes. She only discovers Major Major Major's real first and middle names when his birth certificate is required for him to enter kindergarten, and the shock leads to her death. The novel explains this was a joke on his father's part, and notes that it is not a particularly funny one.

Inducted during World War II, he is promoted from Private to Major while still in boot camp, without attending the Officers Training Corps or any advance warning at all. This is caused by an IBM machine with a "sense of humor almost as keen as his father's".

Bob Newhart's deadpan delivery in Catch 22 was sterling:

Maj. Major Major Major: Sergeant, from now on, I don't want anyone to come in and see me while I'm in my office. Is that clear?
First Sgt. Towser: Yes, sir? What do I say to people who want to come in and see you while you're gone?
Maj. Major Major Major: Tell them I'm in and ask them to wait.
First Sgt. Towser: For how long?
Maj. Major Major Major: Until I've left.
First Sgt. Towser: And then what do I do with them?
Maj. Major Major Major: I don't care.
First Sgt. Towser: May I send people in to see you after you've left?
Maj. Major Major Major: Yes.
First Sgt. Towser: You won't be here then, will you?
Maj. Major Major Major: No.
First Sgt. Towser: I see, sir. Will that be all?
Maj. Major Major Major: Also, Sergeant, I don't want you coming in while I'm in my office asking me if there's anything you can do for me. Is that clear?
First Sgt. Towser: Yes, sir. When should I come in your office and ask if there's anything I can do for you?
Maj. Major Major Major: When I'm not there.
First Sgt. Towser: What do I do then?
Maj. Major Major Major: Whatever has to be done.
First Sgt. Towser: Yes, sir.

[bertman]

42. I'm still chuckling over the THIS Major's stupid bullshit. Thanks for the recap

and excerpt, Bro Buzz.

"What do I do then?"

"Whatever has to be done."


:rofl: :rofl:

[Adelante]

30. REMINDER: The hearing in Georgia is this morning 7/16

Greg Skilling on Examiner.com makes an interesting point today about a farther-reaching effect Cook's suit could have in endangering other soldiers.

Major Stefan Frederick Cook, USAR - conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman

-snip

Mutiny and Sedition – In the Ledger-Enquirer, Maj. Cook is quoted as stating,

“(he) would be acting in violation of international law by engaging in military actions outside the United States under this President’s command. ... simultaneously subjecting himself to possible prosecution as a war criminal by the faithful execution of these duties.”

Maj. Cook retained the services of an attorney, Orly Taitz, who made the following statements in a filing on his behalf before United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division which reiterated the claim by Maj. Cook that he, and by extension all U.S. Servicemembers serving in combat, were “war criminals” and therefore not entitled to the protections granted by the Geneva Conventions:

“Plaintiff seeks to avoid not only court-martial in this country, but also treatment as a war-criminal or terrorist, not eligible even for protection under the Geneva convention, if he were found to be a merely mercenary soldier in a private army of slaves, “owned” or controlled by an unconstitutional and therefore illegal commander, if he does not ask the question: “is this order legal?”

By recklessly advancing his unfounded theory that U.S. soldiers are “war criminals” and allowing his attorney to state that they are, “merely mercenaries in a private army of slaves”, Maj. Cook has provided enemies of the United States with a ready-made excuse to execute captured U.S. servicemembers using the statements of a commissioned officer of the United States Army Reserve as justification for their actions. Furthermore, given that it has been widely reported that a U.S. soldier was captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, Maj. Cook’s public statements and those of his attorney have put the life of that soldier in direct and irrefutable jeopardy. In addition, Maj. Cook has provided extensive recruiting material for terrorist groups around the world, thereby aiding enemy efforts to oppose ongoing combat operations.

http://www.examiner.com/x-12278-Louisville-Independent-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Major-Stefan-Frederick-Cook-USAR--conduct-unbecoming-an-officer-and-a-gentleman

[jberryhill]

32. His actual loyalties are pretty clear

From the complaint....


Plaintiff points out that there was another time in United States history when officers of the military were forced to make a choice whether to follow the central government or their consciences. That time in United States history was in 1861 when some of the finest officers of the United States Army felt that they and their constitution had been betrayed by the central government, and that is how Mexican War heroes Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, among so many others, became the leaders of the Confederate States of America.

[rasputin1952]

34. Did anyone on "Team Cook" realize that was treason?

What a ridiculous argument to put up...if that alone doesn't crush this in the hearing, I will be amazed...:eyes:

[jberryhill]

35. The drafting arm of "Team Cook"

Is a guy named Charles Edward Lincoln III. (Orly can't write two coherent sentences - you'll find Lincoln's name on the service petitions and some other stuff)

Now, go look under that rock if you want to see some ugly critters.

[rasputin1952]

36. I'll have to check that out after i get back from work...

Cook can't be the brightest bulb in the room if he let others convince him somehow this would "work". Like those who get others to be suicide bombers, these clowns must be some pieces of work. I've often wondered if anyone ever asked, "If this is such a great idea, why don't you do it?" when it comes to people who would destroy themselves. I figure those who coerce others like that are nothing more than cowards, they risk nothing, and hope to gain from the sacrifice of others...how can that even be considered "human"?...:(

[Adelante]

37. Charles Edward Lincoln III

Truly ugly.

Here is an eye-opening PDF from Florida.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flabar.org%2FDIVADM%2FME%2FMPDisAct.nsf%2FDISACTVIEW%2F28AEA00DFF72D3198525751E000B905B%2F%24FILE%2F958239_2.PDF&ei=xT9fSryPNIOplAfeofidDQ&usg=AFQjCNFqteROUWI1ahFkK3qoN9ZfWSf_IA&sig2=soCEU3j7Rn36Jz_B1XcktQ

[rasputin1952]

45. This guy is a real piece of work...

disbarred, snctioned, fined...who could possibly hook up w/this fractured duck...:eyes:

[scheming daemons]

39. This post should be an OP unto itself.... Needs wider access....

Will you do it?

If not... can I?

[Adelante]

40. Please, help yourself

:hi:

[PSzymeczek]

48. In Georgia?

That means this a$$hat's "lawyer" is practicing without a licanse and should go to jail.

[BlooInBloo]

33. Nice connecting of dots.

[jberryhill]

38. VIDEO - Cook's Statement This Morning Entering Court....

The Ledger Enquirer interviewed him this morning on his way in.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/292/story/779031.html

[Adelante]

41. Case DISMISSED!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8531122